*The regions contained in the three agglomerated geographical areas are the following: for the North-west, the regions of the Val d'Aosta, Piedmont, Lombardy and Liguria; the North-east and Centre comprises Trentino-Alto Adige, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Emilia-Romagna, Marches, Tuscany, Umbria, the Abruzzi; and the South and islands contains Molise, Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria, Sicily and Sardinia.seemed sensible not to combine the data from other central or southern regions.

aNot part of the EC in 1970

bProvisional figures

aThe statistics for 1994, 1996 and 2001 refer only to the proportional vote

bIn 2001, allied with socialists

cIn 2001, coalition of PPI, Democratici, Lista Dini (Rinnovamento Italiano)

dIn 1996, Lista Pannella/Sgarbi; in 2001, Lista Pannella/Bonino

eIn 1994, the PPI also included the CCD/CDU.

fIn 1987, Lega Lombarda